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gnomic

[noh-mik, nom-ik] / ˈnoʊ mɪk, ˈnɒm ɪk /


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In a gnomic Jan. 31, 2023, post he urged his followers to “SELL.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

It also deals a gnomic retort to “Marshes of Glynn,” a 19th-century poem steeped in antebellum nostalgia.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2023

But a year of seismic shifts - sometimes heralded via gnomic regulatory comments in state media or a confusing melange of leaks - makes it front of mind.

From Reuters Dec. 9, 2021

Less successful is Mark Rylance as a strange tech titan named Peter Isherwell, an eminence grise of prominent white teeth, Julian Assange-like hair and irritatingly gnomic pronouncements.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2021

I wasn’t sure what to make of this gnomic utterance.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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